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What do we do when people are constantly angering us by their words and actions and causing us to lose our peace, even when we try to be loving?

【 Question from 】 Canada 加拿大

Fr. Francis :

I am afraid that, as I have already mentioned, there are only three ways:

Avoid the occasion of sin and abuse: this is not avoiding the problem, but we must be smart in knowing our own threshold. If I know a person or an occasion will cause me to stumble, and if it is avoidable, I should avoid it. In the same token, if my threshold is not capable of bearing more burden, I need to find ways to recuperate and be renewed.

Face it with Jesus, calmly and mercifully the best we can.

Offer the pain and suffering and persecution as a reparation for sinners and release for souls in purgatory. When there is suffering we must face, don’t waste it; use it to win souls. Though it may cause me much suffering, let me willingly take it as a token that fresh graces may pour down on poor sinners, especially those who are in imminent danger of perdition.